You’ve read Capital Mind and you’ve heard of the Budget. Here’s our take on the budget in a 50+ page book-style report, that you can read at leisure. Many of the posts are public, but some are exclusive to the book.
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Contents
The Budget: Deficit Skepticism Is Justified, Big Targets for 8 months
Direct Tax Summary: Almost Like There Was No New Government
Cheaper Kindles, Chappals and Soaps, Pay More for Radio Taxis and Coke
The Murder of the Debt Mutual Fund By Closing a Tax Loophole
Go Healthy: Tobacco Duty Hike of Upto 72%, Coke and Pepsi Get a 5% Tax
The 80CCD Confusion: Do You Get Another 100,000 Deduction?
RBI Allows Lower CRR/SLR for Infra Bonds, Eases Infra Lending After Budget
You Can Buy Only One House To Offset Capital Gains
Capital Gains Bond Investment Loophole Plugged: Only 50 Lakhs Allowed to Offset Gains
US Funds Will Pay 15% Cap Gains Taxes in India
No Easy Choices for AMCs as They Stop Issuing FMPs
What I’d Like To See in the Budget For Startups
How Have Stock Markets Reacted to the Budget?
Take Away Those Tax Sops for Housing
Railway Budget Plans a 13,000 cr. Surplus, High Speed Trains. Incremental, Not Path Breaking.
Four Things the Economic Survey Tell Us This Government Will Do to Cut Inflation